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Guages Illumination. Conversion instructions for SV650 & SV1000 2003
By Bjam
07/2003: Couldn't resist a poke around inside my
'combination meter' (not my description but the one Suzuki use ).
So, to get to the combination meter you first need to follow the
fairing removal instructions
here.
OK, so now you should see the following: two mounting bolts, see
yellow circles, and a lug, see red. Undo the two mounting bolts.
Now make 100% sure your ignition is turned off and will stay that
way otherwise electronic parts may get damaged!! (Edit=AndyW: not a
bad idea to disconnect the battery when you play with your bikes
electrics)
OK, is it turned off? Good. Unplug the combination meter and gently
tug the entire unit until it comes off the bottom lug and into your
hands.
And now your bike should look like this. Mmmm, bare bones.
Should I stop there? The manual says do not attempt to disassemble
the combination meter unit. Ooops, guess that fell on deaf ears.
So here is the back of the meter with the five screws that hold
everything in place.
So, so very tempting. Shall I, shall I not...........Oh OK then,
here we go for the deep dive into the combinating meter.
So five screws removed, lifted the lid and....this is the first
thing you see.
Wow, that looks really complicated but I can't stop there. So lets
lift out the guts.
Now we are in business, this is the front of the meter seen from
behind (you know what I mean! and it reveals why we have little
dimples in our displays at the 3.5 and 9.5 thousand rpm points - its
where the screws fit into the front piece to hold it together.
I know, I know, you want the naked full frontal.............
Well here it is in its entirety - no blushing please
And for a real treat lets have some close-up action....
And finally an even closer look at the diodes that are surface
mounted and presumably easily changed for the blue variety.
You will be glad to hear that it all went back together and is still
working.
jrl305: Great
shots but why did you stop there? I took mine down that far and saw
the same thing. There's probably a few more to light the tach. From
the looks of it, when I opened mine, there was two boards sandwiched
together. You may have to part those boards to get to the back side
of the diodes to change them out. There's a large, multi pin
connector that needs to be unsoldered to separate the boards then
you will have full access to the back of the diodes. If I can find
that link with the instructions, I'll post it here.
HiOctane:
It looks as if there are only 6 LED's to replace to change the color
near the LCD screen, but did you notice how many bulbs or LED's are
up by the Tach area? Just wondering if they are all surface mount
LED's like you've shown. It looks like the combo unit comes apart
real easy, that's cool! Now to hunt down some colored LED's to
replace those crappy orange colored ones.
Bjam:
I took the thing apart as far as I dare and safe in the knowledge
that it wouldn't be broken. If you look at the full frontal you can
see two screws beside the rev counter needle. These screws pass all
the way through the unit and I guess will help take it further
apart. The reason I stopped was I tugged on the rev counter needle
and couldn't pull it off (at least not without significant force).
I was not in the mood to get the soldering iron out as my soldering
skills are a little rusty but I did see the forbidding multi-pin
connector and hoped that it was a push fit rather than soldered. If
you can find the further instructions I may just go for it
jrl305: Here's
the instructions that I remembered seeing. It's for the GSXR
instrument panel but you'll get the idea.
http://www.bluegauges.com/step_by_step_gauges.htm
Bjam:
Thanks for the link John. I am sorely tempted to order up those Blue
LED's, a new fine soldering iron and give it a go
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